Mervyn Leonard Thomas YATES
 Mervyn Leonard Thomas YATES
New South Wales Police Force
[alert_yellow]Regd. #Â 5086[/alert_yellow]
Rank:Â Probationary Constable – appointed 4 March 1946
Inspector – appointed 7 March 1976
Stations:Â ?
Service: From ?pre 4 March 1946 to ? ? ?
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World War II
Australian Imperial Force  Army
Regiment:Â ?
Enlisted:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 30 April 1941
Enlistment location:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Clarence Town, NSW
Place of Enlistment:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Paddington, NSW
Service #Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â NX5674
Rank:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Corporal
Embarkation:Â ?
Next of kin:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Ruben YATES
Religion:Â ?
Single / Married:Â ?
Returned to Australia:Â ?
Date of Discharge:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 30 December 1945
Posting at Discharge:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2/3 Pioneer Battalion
Honours & Gallantry:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â None for display
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Awards:Â ? – nil found
Born:Â 11 June 1921
Died on:Â 19 December 2009
Cause:Â ?
Age:Â 88
Funeral date:Â ?
Funeral location:Â ?
Buried at:Â ?
 Memorial at: ?
[alert_yellow]MERVYN is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance[/alert_yellow]Â *NEED MORE INFO
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 Funeral location: ?
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Mervyn is recorded in the 1979 NSW Police ‘Stud Book‘ as M.L.T. YATES, Born 11 June 1921 and having been appointed as a Probationary Constable on the 4 March 1946 which would have made him 24 at that time.
Various websites have him recorded at Mervyn Leonard Thomas YATES – born 11 June 1919 at Gunnedah, NSW, with his occupation as Police Constable. http://natalie.witt.name/genealogy/family_wade.php?indi=@I3854@
His parents being Reuben George YATES & Florence Marion BAIRSTOW.
He is reported to have married Norma Ella COLLINS on the 14 February 1948 at St Johns Church, Wagga Wagga, NSW.
NSW BDM = 5885/1948Â Â Mervyn Leonard Thomas YATES weds Norma Ella COLLINS
Looking into the World War II Veterans, he appears as Mervyn Leonard YATES, born 11 June 1919 at Gunnedah, NSW.
